Swiss hospitality group to help upgrade syllabus, faculty, infra in hotel management
Updated: Aug 06, 2014 05:15:38pm
New Delhi, Aug 6 (KNN) In order to strengthen management, business attitude and entrepreneurship in its curriculum, the National Council for Hotel Management (NCHM), under the Ministry of Tourism here today signed an agreement with the Lausanne Hospitality Consultancy (LHC), Switzerland for upgrading syllabus, faculty and infrastructure at its affiliated institutes.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Shripad Yesso Naik and senior officials of Ministry of Tourism, representatives of hotel industry and its associations, alumni and academicians.
Speaking on the occasion Naik announced that the new framework would be rolled out from the 2015-16 academic session. He said the tie-up has come about at the most opportune time when the government anticipates a huge economic turn-around by optimal tapping of its tourism potential.
The Minister said synchronised efforts of NCHM and LHC are expected to make Indian hospitality education relevant and acceptable in a global milieu, while meeting at the same time, the requirements of the Indian Industry especially for manning different managerial levels.
The tie-up is part of a holistic vision of skilling the workforce at every level, from the base skill level to the highest managerial one. He said, through this tie-up the Ministry is imparting further momentum to its flagship scheme namely Hunar Se Rozgar Tak by not only targeting young persons on a much larger scale but also diversifying the trades covered.
The Hunar Se Rozgar Tak scheme, which essentially intends to mainstream those who for some reasons dropped out educationally, has been very well received. Since its inception in 2009, over 1.31 Lakh persons have been trained. He said, the government thus not only creating opportunities for skill development but also opportunities for its continuance up-gradation.
He said, the NCHMCT-LHC tie-up will set the pace and standard of hospitality education in the country. It provides for updating of curriculum contents and of teaching skills through training at the Swiss Institutes. The teachers so trained will train others in a cascading model.
Presently 51 Institutes of Hotel Management under the aegis of the NCHMCT will participate under this improvement programme.
The NCHM has the largest number of affiliated Hotel Management Institutes while LHC is a leading global hospitality consultancy that is part of the famous Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, ranked as the world’s best hospitality management school. Switzerland remains the worldwide leader in international hospitality management education.
The visiting LHC team after a detailed study has advised strengthening of key areas that involve curriculum, infrastructure, faculty development, student life and learning, academic administration, health and safety at institutes. The recommendations focus on shift to strengthen management, business attitude and entrepreneurship in the curriculum. The built-in internship would be in area of specialization and involve project based assessment. Upgrading of laboratories, wi-fi and digital campus and extended library hours have been suggested for quality improvement.
For a meaningful classroom contact, an annual training program for faculty would be drawn. There would be content development and its validation before delivery in classrooms by faculty. In the new approach, high importance has been given to health and safety of people, infrastructure, data, foodstuff and belongings so as to inculcate these values early in development of professional personalities of its scholars.
The new philosophy imbibes that the role of the educator trainer is no longer to transmit a piece of specific knowledge to the learners, but to prepare them with the skills and mindset needed to succeed in the workplace and society. The facilitator’s role is to introduce subjects of discussion, encourage sharing of ideas, and integrate students’ experiences. For this the LHC has introduced training of select faculty from institutes who will undergo two weeks of specialized training, of which one week would be in India followed by one week in LHC, Switzerland.
These facilitators would be further utilized to train the remaining faculty members at affiliated institutes. The first batch of 12 faculties has already undergone the Indian leg of training while the second batch is currently being trained at the NCHM headquarters at Noida. Training for the first batch at Switzerland is to commence from August 25-29, 2014. (KNN Bureau)
The agreement was signed in the presence of Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Shripad Yesso Naik and senior officials of Ministry of Tourism, representatives of hotel industry and its associations, alumni and academicians.
Speaking on the occasion Naik announced that the new framework would be rolled out from the 2015-16 academic session. He said the tie-up has come about at the most opportune time when the government anticipates a huge economic turn-around by optimal tapping of its tourism potential.
The Minister said synchronised efforts of NCHM and LHC are expected to make Indian hospitality education relevant and acceptable in a global milieu, while meeting at the same time, the requirements of the Indian Industry especially for manning different managerial levels.
The tie-up is part of a holistic vision of skilling the workforce at every level, from the base skill level to the highest managerial one. He said, through this tie-up the Ministry is imparting further momentum to its flagship scheme namely Hunar Se Rozgar Tak by not only targeting young persons on a much larger scale but also diversifying the trades covered.
The Hunar Se Rozgar Tak scheme, which essentially intends to mainstream those who for some reasons dropped out educationally, has been very well received. Since its inception in 2009, over 1.31 Lakh persons have been trained. He said, the government thus not only creating opportunities for skill development but also opportunities for its continuance up-gradation.
He said, the NCHMCT-LHC tie-up will set the pace and standard of hospitality education in the country. It provides for updating of curriculum contents and of teaching skills through training at the Swiss Institutes. The teachers so trained will train others in a cascading model.
Presently 51 Institutes of Hotel Management under the aegis of the NCHMCT will participate under this improvement programme.
The NCHM has the largest number of affiliated Hotel Management Institutes while LHC is a leading global hospitality consultancy that is part of the famous Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, ranked as the world’s best hospitality management school. Switzerland remains the worldwide leader in international hospitality management education.
The visiting LHC team after a detailed study has advised strengthening of key areas that involve curriculum, infrastructure, faculty development, student life and learning, academic administration, health and safety at institutes. The recommendations focus on shift to strengthen management, business attitude and entrepreneurship in the curriculum. The built-in internship would be in area of specialization and involve project based assessment. Upgrading of laboratories, wi-fi and digital campus and extended library hours have been suggested for quality improvement.
For a meaningful classroom contact, an annual training program for faculty would be drawn. There would be content development and its validation before delivery in classrooms by faculty. In the new approach, high importance has been given to health and safety of people, infrastructure, data, foodstuff and belongings so as to inculcate these values early in development of professional personalities of its scholars.
The new philosophy imbibes that the role of the educator trainer is no longer to transmit a piece of specific knowledge to the learners, but to prepare them with the skills and mindset needed to succeed in the workplace and society. The facilitator’s role is to introduce subjects of discussion, encourage sharing of ideas, and integrate students’ experiences. For this the LHC has introduced training of select faculty from institutes who will undergo two weeks of specialized training, of which one week would be in India followed by one week in LHC, Switzerland.
These facilitators would be further utilized to train the remaining faculty members at affiliated institutes. The first batch of 12 faculties has already undergone the Indian leg of training while the second batch is currently being trained at the NCHM headquarters at Noida. Training for the first batch at Switzerland is to commence from August 25-29, 2014. (KNN Bureau)
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